Category: Climate
The struggle against climate change is floundering. Enter Trump.
Major gaps exist among countries in the developed and developing world about how to collectively bring down emissions, mitigate the calamitous effects posed by a warming planet and fund these efforts. In some Western democracies, there is growing backlash against policies deemed green, with voters resenting onerous carbon taxes, the loss of fuel subsidies and…
Climate leaders were worried Trump would derail talks. They didn’t know their host would be the wrecking ball
From the moment election returns began rolling in in the US, climate leaders knew Donald Trump would be a body blow to the COP29 talks in Baku. What they did not envision was that the demolition job from within would be carried out by Azerbaijan’s own leader. In what should be one of the most…